The Unspoken Connection
•Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary
•Description:
Rhea, a high school student, finds herself entangled in a silent admiration from her classmate, Aryan. Despite his persistent staring, Aryan's shy nature keeps him from...
Rhea woke up early, feeling refreshed and excited for her first day back at school after the long winter vacations. She had spent the previous day preparing her school bag, laying out her uniform, and planning her outfit for the next day. As she got dressed and ready for school, she couldn't help but think about Aryan. She had been looking forward to seeing him again, and her heart skipped a beat at the thought of being in the same classroom as him.
As she walked to school, the crisp morning air invigorated her senses, and she felt a sense of renewed energy and purpose. She quickened her pace, eager to reach her classroom and see Aryan's familiar smile.
When she arrived at her classroom, she was surprised to see Aryan already seated at his desk, which was now located a line next to hers. Rhea was sitting on the first desk while he was sitting on the last desk of the next line to Rhea.
She felt a flutter in her chest as their eyes met, and Aryan flashed her a bright, warm smile. Rhea's face flushed, and she quickly looked away, trying to compose herself.
Soon the bell rang and their school started. The teachers showed every student there scored answer sheets as per their scheduled periods. The teachers called every student's roll number and when it was Aryan's turn he got up and walked towards Rhea's side. Rhea saw it and moved her face in forward direction towards the green board immediately, but to her next eye blink, she saw him standing just next to her. He was too close to her. He was collecting his answer sheet and while moving back to his seat he looked at Rhea and smiled. Rhea's face blushed again. Everytime the teachers call him, he would go towards Rhea's side.
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Rhea did well in her exams, while Aryan did top in most of the subjects. But later the day she sensed that Aryan today was not behaving well with others. He was irritated for the whole day. She felt that maybe he was like this 'cause of his exams. In the free time she was sleeping and some of the boys were making noise, Aryan was also one of them but he was not speaking that much loud as compared to other boys. So she felt difficult to sleep. In their break time she submitted her biology project to their teacher for checking. Aryan saw it. He also saw that she had made the cover page for the project too. Later the day, in the evening he texted her, "Hlo, have you prepared the cover page for biology project?" She knew that he wanted to start the conversation and this was just an excuse as he already had seen her biology project's cover page. But she replied, "Yes"
He replied, "okk" After that he was online and wanted to talk more with her. She knew that he wanted to talk to her but he can't find anything else to say. So she insisted the conversation. She asked him, "May I send it to you?"
He immediately replie, "Yess"
She sent him the image and he reacted a "👍🏻" on it.
She was thinking of asking him to keep his voice low in the classroom, but then she felt that he will think that she is complaining to him. But after 10 minutes she texted him, "Hey, I actually wanted to say that from next time please speak a little bit low. Sometimes someone is sleeping in the front. Your voice was coming till my desk....😂 Moreover, Kriti came and sat behind me. She was also speaking alot today....😂.Due to this, I slept for straight 3 hours at home..😂"
He replied, "Ok, from next time I will not speak😶"
"I am not stoping you. I'm requesting you to speak a little bit low.....😂",she replied.
"Was it only me?", he asked
"No-no, it was of all. I'm not blaming you only....😂", she replied
"Ok😶", he replied
"What happened? Did I annoyed you??😅",she replied.
"No-no, I thought that I speak alot, that's why. Moreover, today my mood is off🤐",he replied.
"Why?"she asked him.
"Leave it, I'll tell you any other day🤐. Today is spoiled😶.",he replied.
"Ok, as your wish. But don't get stressed due to the result...👍🏻👍🏻 It's okay, don't worry about it👍🏻",she adviced him.
"No-no, I don't care about the result. What about your's?",he replied.
"It's good, leave it....don't ask me😅", she replied.
"Are your parents satisfied with it?",he asked.
"Yeah, my parents always say that do well in finals. We never worry about these exams.", she replied.
He reacted "👍🏻"
She further continued, "Moreover, my today's horoscope was true. It really happened. It showed that today my day would be full of happiness, and it really went well. I was shocked that our maths teacher didn't scold me about my scores, otherwise he always scolds me....😅"
"Hahaha😂😂.....by the way how to check horoscope?", he asked
"You can ask anyone online, but I use app. But from when did you started to believed in this?😅",she replied.
"From just now😂😂. Would you mind telling me it's name?", he replied.
"Wait, let me check it..........it's ______",she replied.
"Oh, nice name😂", he replied.
Then they had a lot of talk. They discussed about their birthdays and she was surprised to know that his father's birthday is also on the same day as her. Then he thanked her by saying,"Previously my mood was off but now it's good. I need to go somewhere, so I'll take my leave. Bye✨️"
She replied, "B-Bye✨️, but I noticed everytime you need to go somewhere😅. You rarely stay at home😅"
"Sometimes I don't feel at home🙃", he replied.
This made her sad that his mood is really not good till now. So to lift up his mood she replied, "🙂" ~she reversed the upside down face emoji that he sent, in order to make him feel that she reversed his mood from bad to happy.
He understood it and reacted a "❤️"
By this both of them went for their taska and Rhea reflected on the events of the past 24 hours. She realized that her feelings for Aryan had deepened, and she was no longer just happy to see him; she was also eager to spend time with him and share her thoughts and feelings.
Rhea's heart skipped a beat as she thought about the possibilities that lay ahead. She knew that she still had to navigate the complexities of her relationships and emotions, but for now, she was content to savor the joy and connection she felt whenever she was with Aryan.
